Southside High School - Southerner Yearbook (Muncie, IN)

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To A School Scenes at Southside during a normal day. Attractions which catch the eye of students are the beautiful glazed ceramic tiles used throughout the schoolg the brilliantly colored vinyl panels above the locker reces- ses, the tall columnar windows of colored glass which ac- cent the stairwellsg and, of course, the tile murals depict- ing the many phases of school life which adorn the hall outside the cafeteria. Surely, every student at SSHS must have stopped in amazement when he first walked into our beautiful cafeteria or magnificiently built library. These are two rooms of which we may be especially proud. But, what of the people of Southside? When we entered school last autumn, there were no Rebels. Most of us, by virtue of the fact that approximately four out of every sev- en students who entered Southside last September were sophomores, claimed no allegiance to the Red and White. Furthermore, the upperclassmen were more or less trans- plants who left many roots in that school across town. It has taken time and effort to make Southside a school.

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From A Dream Beginning some three years ago, Southside High School had its transformation from a dream to a school building. The plans to accom- modate the growing numbers of Muncie students began with the raz- ing of a residence which occupied the area now taken by SSHS. Within a few short weeks, contractors from several parts of Indiana were com- mencing with their work, the foun- dation appeared, and the steel framework went up. Bricks were laid and the walls took shape. As the shell was completed, the interior was started, and the new familiar sights of our school became more and more evident. When scho- ol opened last fall, there were still many workers finishing minor tasks which helped to make Southside the school we know -the school in which, a mong other things, the fabled elevator came true. about h If I ty

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SOUTHSlDE'S FIRSTS Southside's doors open to our very first student body. Perhaps the most 'memorable of Southside's firsts was the first day of school last September. Truly a day to be remembered, it was full of surprises and dis- coveries as students walked through the spacious halls, ate in the large cafeteria, and learned that seniors can get lost as easily as sophomores in a new school building.